Mental Illness, Motivation and Moral Commitment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4351886 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Russell Roberts (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 202 |
| Pages | 41-59 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9213.00213 |
| OpenAlex | W2154665300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
I present a dilemma which depressive behavioural pathology poses for both Humean and non‐Humean theories of motivation and value. Although the dilemma shows that neither theory can be considered adequate in its standard form, I argue that if the Humean theory is modified so as to embrace a richer notion of satisfaction than it currently does, it can solve the problem which depression poses for it, and thus the dilemma can be avoided. Embracing a richer notion of satisfaction not only solves this problem, it also extends the scope of the Humean theory in a potentially dramatic way, by extending the explanatory reach of moral psychology to issues often thought to fall outside its scope, namely, issues in moral psychopathology
Dilemma · Epistemology · Moral dilemma · Moral psychology · Scope (computer science) · Computer Science · Free Will and Agency · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |